Make a monkey of oneself
出洋相,丢丑,做蠢事
🧩 词语组成解析
make
[mek]
vt. 做，制造;生产，制定;使成为;使产生;
vi. 开始;尝试;行进;增大;
n. 制造;生产量;性格;形状，样式;
monkey
['mʌŋki]
n. 猴;猿;淘气鬼;小淘气;
vi. 胡闹;捣蛋;
vt. 嘲弄;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
oneself
[wʌn'sɛlf]
pron. 自己，自身;亲自，自行;其;亲手;
🗣️ 情景例句
Good morning, Mom.
早安 ，妈妈。
Who are you writing to?
你正在写信给谁？
It has always been a mystery to me who city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.
城里人对这一切心里很明白，却偏要执拗地装出他们喜欢住在乡村的样子，这对我来说一直是个谜。